Hotel Attraction
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox building Hotel Attraction was a proposal by architect Antoni Gaudí for a skyscraper in Lower Manhattan, New York City.
History
Commissioned in May 1908, it would have been Template:Convert tall; many believed its futuristic design to be unrealistic for its time.<ref name="curbed">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Little is known about its origin, and the project remained unknown until 1956, when a report by Joan Matamala i Flotats was published, called "When the New World called Gaudí".<ref name="curbed"/>
The drawings for the Attraction Hotel were proposed as a basis for the rebuilding of Ground Zero in Manhattan.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> A modified version of the drawings by Paul Laffoley earned broad media attention. The architect planned to feature a memorial at its base and the Sphere for Plaza Fountain as center of an observation platform at the top of the hotel.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
Fiction
The hotel was featured in the Fox Broadcasting television show Fringe. It was featured in the New York City skyline in the alternate universe.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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